Detailed job description
and main responsibilities
The Matron is responsible for delivering the Trust’s Strategy and objectives, within their area of responsibility including:
1. Ensuring the standardisation of services across all relevant areas to the best possible level, so that all patients experience equally high quality care;
2. Supporting the planning and managing services to ensure the best possible use of resources;
3. Supporting the development of a sustainable safe workforce that is fit for the future within area of responsibility;
4. Ensuring services are delivered in a culture where patient safety, high clinical quality, service improvement and financial accountability are paramount;
5. Transformation of the service in line with UHD objective
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
6. 1st Level Registered nurse/Midwife /AHP on relevant part of the Register
7. First degree or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
8. Masters degree
Experience
Essential criteria
9. Proven track record of operational management in the acute healthcare setting managing a ward / service/ department. Including staff, financial/budgetary and change management
10. Experience in the acute healthcare setting in clinical leadership/clinical management position
Knowledge
Essential criteria
11. Extensive knowledge of National and Local NHS care and N&M agenda
12. Highly developed specialist knowledge for field of practice, underpinned by theory and experience